Comparison

Flow vs Macro Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flow

Features
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FlowSync is your intelligent period and cycle tracking companion. With a beautiful, intuitive calendar interface, FlowSync helps you understand your body's natural rhythms. KEY FEATURES: • Smart Calendar — Visual cycle tracking with color-coded days for period, fertile window, and ovulation • Period Predictions — AI-powered cycle predictions based on your history • Symptom Tracking — Log mood, energy, cramps, and other symptoms daily • Today View — At-a-glance dashboard showing cycle day, phase, and upcoming events • Cycle Insights — Understand your patterns with detailed cycle analysis • Beautiful Design — Clean, modern interface that's a joy to use FlowSync is designed for informational and general wellness purposes only. It is not intended to be used for contraception, medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your healthcare provider for medical concerns.

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Macro Notes

Features
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It's just a note. Type what you ate, one food per line, and the calories appear beside each line. Worked out from lab-measured data, with protein, carbs and fat a tap away. We never guess. No forms, no dropdowns, no wading through a database. If you've used Notes, you already know how to use Macro Notes. THE NOTE • Type "sausage roll" and a calorie count appears beside it • Add an amount if you like — "greek yoghurt 150g" — or leave it out and a sensible portion is used, written back into the line so you can always see exactly what was counted • Keyboard suggestions complete food names as you type • If a line can't be matched, it shows a dash — never an invented number. Every figure on screen comes from a measured food, reached by name. REAL DATA • Over 230,000 foods: CoFID (the UK's laboratory-measured food composition data), USDA FoodData Central, and Open Food Facts for branded products • Generic, lab-measured foods always rank above crowdsourced branded entries, so "chicken thigh" means chicken — not one brand's packet • A full nutrition card for every food — fibre, sugars, salt and more — showing only what was actually measured, never a made-up zero SCAN THE PACKET • Scan a barcode to look a product up instantly • Or point the camera at the nutrition label and capture the figures straight off the packet MEALS • Save the things you actually eat — your porridge, your Tuesday curry — and log them in one line • A meal's total is the sum of its real ingredients, not a guess about a phrase MAKE IT STICK • A streak for the days you logged, a dashboard of your week, and a home-screen widget with today's numbers • Sign in with Apple and your diary syncs privately through iCloud THE ASSISTANT (subscription) Everything above is free. The optional AI assistant plans the rest of your day around what you've already eaten: tell it what you fancy and it suggests real foods from the catalogue, in real amounts, that actually fit the macros you have left — and writes them into your note when you say yes. The assistant is a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with Apple — we don't ask for your name or your email address • No ads, no tracking, and you can delete your account and every trace of your data from Settings Privacy policy: https://macronotes.app/privacy/ Terms of use: https://macronotes.app/terms/ Support: https://macronotes.app/support/

Screenshots

Flow4 screens
Macro Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flow at none against Macro Notes's 4. Flow also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). Macro Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Macro Notes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Flow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flow ships an update every 3 weeks, Macro Notes every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Flow versus Macro Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowMacro Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer拄军 刘WARREN JAMES DAY

In-app purchases

None

Flow

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Macro Notes

Subscriptions4
  • Unlimited access$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited access$29.991 Year
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  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Flow free?
Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Macro Notes free?
Macro Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flow or Macro Notes have ads?
Neither Flow nor Macro Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flow or Macro Notes?
Flow ships an update every 3 weeks, and Macro Notes every 2 days. Most recently, Flow was updated on October 24, 2026 and Macro Notes on October 24, 2026.

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